ITS BOLD, frond-like leaves are an icy green, and its 18-inch spires of burgundy flowers lure swarms of hummingbirds in search of sweet nectar.

Researchers used a ray gun-like device, not unlike the tricorder from “Star Trek,” to record how plant leaves reflect light. This light is helping scientists understand the genetic diversity ...

Plants with vascular systems — that is, with water- and food-conducting systems — have leaves of two main types. The microphyll is usually a short spine-like leaf and is characteristic of ...

Plants near the bottom had more of the cupped, non-reproducing nest fronds. About 40 percent of individual plants weren’t reproducing at all, like worker bees.

Since your shrubs are new, with a more restricted root system, they would be more prone to leaf scorch if you were not watering enough. A plant’s location in the garden can also promote leaf scorch.

Staghorn ferns grow in massive colonies where individual plants contribute different jobs. This may make them “eusocial,” like ants or termites.

These three species bear a strong family resemblance to one another with narrow leaflets arranged neatly across from one another along frond-like leaf stalks. They grow as open, spreading shrubs ...

Thread-leaf false cypress (C. pisifera "Filifera") is a handsome textural shrub, with green or golden strands ranging in height from 2-20 feet depending on the cultivar while the golden Hinoki ...